John Gordon Harold

John Gordon Harold, MD, MACC, MACP, FRCPI (Dublin), FRCP (London), FESC, FCSI, FCCP, FAHA. Dr. Harold, has received board certification in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, geriatric medicine and critical care medicine, is a past chief of staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He currently serves as clinical professor of medicine at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute and the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Harold is a member of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center clinical faculty and is an attending physician at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute. Dr. Harold is a past president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). He is a past chair of the ACC Board of Governors and previously served as ACC Secretary. Dr. Harold is the Editor-in-Chief of ACC’s Cardiology Magazine. Dr. Harold was the architect of ACC’s first digital strategy and International Twinning Program. He was responsible for twinning the British Cardiovascular Society with the ACC California Chapter and helped to champion ACC’s contemporary international strategy. He has been active in global advocacy and served as Founding Chair of the World Heart Federation Partner’s Council in 2016 and was a member of the Board of Directors of the World Heart Federation. He previously represented the ACC at the World Heart Federation Scientific Policy and Advocacy Committee (SPAC). Dr. Harold has represented the ACC at numerous events sponsored by the World Health Organization in Geneva and New York and testified for the ACC at the United Nations General Assembly hearing on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). He is a member of the Board of Directors of numerous organizations, including the Los Angeles affiliate of the American Heart Association, the Heart Fund at Cedars-Sinai and the UCLA Clinical Faculty Association. Dr. Harold is a former member of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors and ABIM Executive Committee. He is an emeritus member of the ABIM Foundation Board of Trustees. Dr. Harold represents the ACC at the American College of Physicians Council of Subspecialty Societies (CSS) representing cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Harold completed his internal medicine training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and a fellowship in cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was honored with the Master designation from both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Harold holds honorary fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Royal College of Physicians of London, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation and the Cardiological Society of India. Dr. Harold is the national campaign chair for the American College of Cardiology Campaign for the Future. He is married to Ellen Teresa Harold, RN.